Apart from the Galapagos penguin nearly all penguins live south of the equator. The bid cannot fly but is able to swim under water at up to 15 miles per hour. In order to do this their wings have been adapted to act like flippers. The penguins live in a variety of climates ranging from […]

The Giant panda has been the World Wildlife fund’s logo since its creation in 1961. Currently there are 1,864 pandas roaming in the wild and despite it being the face of the WWF for 56 years, it is still at risk from extinction. The black and white bear is adored round the world and is […]

There is no more endangered animal in the world than the Javan Rhinoceros. There are two separate populations that are currently surviving, and their total numbers are around sixty. There are five different types of rhinoceros with all of the breeds at sometimes struggling to maintain their numbers. Regardless of the breed the rhino is […]

Elephants have been roaming the planet for around 15 million years. It is difficult to give an accurate prediction of the number of animals there were, but it has been estimated that in the 1930s there were up to 5 million elephants in the wild. By 1980 this had dropped to 1.3 million and then […]

Mountain gorillas are located in two main areas of Africa with both areas covering some part of Uganda. Just over half of the species live in the Virunga Mountains which are a range of extinct volcanos that borders Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The smaller population reside in the Bwindi Impenetrable Park […]

The bluefin tuna are the largest tuna and can live up to 40 years old. They are able to travel across oceans and can dive to as low as 4000 feet. They grow to as long as 10 feet and weigh as heavy as 1500 pounds. They are incredible hunters seeking out shoals of mackerel […]

There are a huge number of animals that are listed as endangered that are surviving in the world today. Some of these have a high profile like the panda and the Blue fin tuna, yet there are many others that are in danger of disappearing. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature there […]

Sea turtles have inhabited the world’s oceans for more than 100 million years but are now an endangered species. There are seven different species that survive today, and they are found in all of the major oceans apart from the polar ones. Their favourite habitats are in the waters over continental shelves. In the first […]

The population of the Pacific Walrus has been declining for a number of years, and their plight was brought to the world’s attention in 2009 when 200 dead animals were found near Icy Cape on the north coast of Alaska. This was followed by groups of dead walruses being found at Point Lay with 64 […]

There are currently between 20,000 and 25,000 polar bears in the world today. In the 1980s it was estimated there were around the same figure, so it appears that in the last 30 years the figure has remained stable. It has always been difficult to accurately count the numbers of polar bears as their locations […]